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In a world of online tools that let you make banking transactions with the touch of a button, the idea of visiting a branch might seem unnecessary.
However, if you haven’t visited your local branch recently, you might be surprised by what it has to offer. Your branch is much more than a place to deposit and withdraw money – it can offer the opportunity to build valuable relationships with people who can help you achieve financial independence.… Read more
Netflix has made a deal with the National Football League, the first of its kind for the streaming giant.
According to reports, Netflix is now a member of the sports streaming game as it has entered into a partnership with the National Football League. The deal is set for three years beginning with the upcoming 2024-2025 season. The deal will also include two Christmas Day games to be aired this year. The two games that Netflix will carry on Christmas Day will be rivalry games – the Pittsburgh Steelers travel to take on the Super Bowl Champion Kansas City Chiefs at Arrowhead Stadium, and the Baltimore Ravens head to NRG Stadium to face off against the Houston Texans.… Read more
by Genoa Barrow Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder
With the 2024 NFL draft being held virtually, football fans recently saw some selected players celebrating their big day surrounded by large crowds of family and friends who marked the occasion and million-dollar contracts with tears, shouts of joy, and robust hugs. Emotions ran high as the draft was the culmination of years of practice and sacrifice paying off as the players finally made it to the pros.
What’s not shown is the pressure many players feel at carrying their entire families, neighborhoods, and, to some extent, the broader community on their backs and shoulders.… Read more
Dawn Porter is attached as the director of ‘Never Too Much,’ which was a Sundance Film Festival darling.
“She said she wants some Marvin Gaye, some Luther Vandross/ A little Anita will definitely set this party off right,” Jamie Foxx so eloquently sang in 2004, and that unnamed woman’s request may finally be fulfilled. IndieWire reports that a Jamie Foxx-produced Luther Vandross documentary, Never Too Much, has landed at CNN Films and OWN, and is set for a 2025 release.… Read more
Published May 15, 2024 10:12pm CDT
MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) – Public safety officials in the city of Minneapolis are launching a strategic plan to combat crime over the summer.
Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara and Community Safety Commissioner Toddrick Barnette presented an overview of steps that will be taken to reduce crime and keep the city safe during a city council committee meeting on Wednesday.
It’s called ‘Operation Safe Summer’ and O’Hara said they would be using intelligence and data analytics to know where to focus patrols and conduct proactive investigations.… Read more
Eminem burst onto the scene in the 1990s and employed his Slim Shady persona to allow the zanier parts of his brain to come forth. After teasing the so-called death of the character, Eminem published an obituary for Slim Shady in a Detroit newspaper in a leadup to a new album according to reports.
As spotted on Detroit Free Press, Eminem, 51, shared the fake obituary feature as an advertisement, and it seems like the artist born Marshall Mathers is serious about letting the persona go as he preps a new summer album.… Read more
Those $1,300 boots got snatched up and now fans are requesting a restock.
Just one day after hitting the market, Mary J. Blige‘s highly anticipated boot collab with Giuseppe Zanotti has sold out.
The singer donned the metallic copper-colored thigh-high boots at the third annual Strength Of A Woman Festival and Summit, and announced that they’d be available for purchase late Sunday night (May 12).
They were priced at $1,295 and sparked controversy online.… Read more
The ‘CBS Mornings’ co-host tells PEOPLE all about her initial reaction to being asked to pose for the magazine before being surprised on air with her cover
Gayle King is reigning supreme on the 2024 cover of Sports Illustrated Swimsuit.
The CBS Mornings co-host, who turns 70 later this year, says she thought she was “being punked” when she was asked to be in the 60th Anniversary Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue out May 17.… Read more
MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) – The Twin Cities metro was named among the top summer travel destinations, but you might be surprised by some of the cities that outranked the metro.
The survey from WalletHub analyzed 100 of the largest U.S. metropolitan areas across various metrics, including travel costs, local prices, attractions, weather, and overall safety.
The Minneapolis-St. Paul metro ranked in at #35. The survey dinged Minnesota for weather (75 out of 100) and safety (48 out of 100).… Read more
A new documentary series on Hulu highlights the impact of Black Twitter on popular culture through the eyes of some of its most notable users.
On Thursday, the highly anticipated documentary series Black Twitter: A People’s History premiered on Hulu. The series is an in-depth look at the community of Black users and their seismic impact on what is now X, formerly Twitter before its acquisition by tech billionaire Elon Musk from founders Jack Dorsey and Biz Stone.… Read more
